Leak reveals Tillerson is director of Bahamas based US-Russian Oil Company

Rex Tillerson, the businessman nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US secretary of state, is the long-time director of a US-Russian oil
firm based in the tax haven of the Bahamas, leaked documents show.

Tillerson – the chief executive of ExxonMobil – has been a director of the oil company’s Russian subsidiary, Exxon Neftegas, since 1998.
His name – RW Tillerson – appears next to other officers who are based at Houston, Texas; Moscow; and Sakhalin, in Russia’s far
east.

Not sure why they are making this out like it was not public knowledge. ExxonMobil is publically traded so all the subsidiaries would be represented
on their earnings statements and having Tillerson on the paperwork would not be unusual.

I hope the sanctions get lifted. I hope the US and Russia start engaging in more business deals and I hope the Ukrainian government get on their knees
and crawl back to their mother they disrespected so selfishly.

Tillerson will be retiring from Exxon in March.
Their mandatory retirement age is 65.

One of the reasons Tillerson was selected is because of his working knowledge of and relationships with other countries, including Russia.
It would not be a bad thing for the US to get along with and be respected by Russia.

I believe Trump has the right to name who he wants to his cabinet. And I thought Tillerson was a good pick initially.

But if this Is true regarding Tillerson being on the board of directors for a US-Russian jointly owned company, then his name needs to be removed from
consideration for SoS and Trump needs to find someone else.

The potential for multiple conflicts of interest are enormous - whether he retires from Exxon or not. He *WAS* on that board. And I'm sure he still
has a lot of friends on that board, and that alone presents an enormous conflict of interest, in my opinion.

would those business deals you're wishing for require taking someone oil?

Doesn't it always?

Sorry I'm not an activist or liberal. Your idea of right might differ from mine. Winning is right and making sure your competition doesn't hate you or
think your winning more than your share is part of winning.

I believe Trump has the right to name who he wants to his cabinet. And I thought Tillerson was a good pick initially.

But if this Is true regarding Tillerson being on the board of directors for a US-Russian jointly owned company, then his name needs to be removed from
consideration for SoS and Trump needs to find someone else.

The potential for multiple conflicts of interest are enormous - whether he retires from Exxon or not. He *WAS* on that board. And I'm sure he still
has a lot of friends on that board, and that alone presents an enormous conflict of interest, in my opinion.

And I am pretty sure Trump already knew everything your guessing so you might as well forget about his name being removed.

But wait, Tillerson isn't the president. And Tillerson didn't actually lift any sanctions yet. Nor does that mean it'd be the reason Trump would lift
such sanctions if he might have intended to now, or might go on to do. While the entire subject of sanctions against Russia actually brings into light
the justifications of which considering US activities in places like Honduras &
Syria (not to mention Iraq), which you've got to admit would be kind of hilarious
irony if only it wasn't Obama & Hillary responsible for all of that.

That does look deertay.

I suppose people whom own stocks can't take part in government ever again is your suggestion?

Then the downfall of man is inevitable because these are the same slimy people who paid politicians to lie to the American people. Removing the middle
man does nothing when you keep the financer in the equation because they have been making the decisions all along.

originally posted by: DickBrisket
It's Publicly Traded Company. G.W. Bush keeps his oil down there as well. It's called business. What a joke! a reply to:
muse7

It's not his job as CEO of Exxon Mobil that is the problem. It is that he is on the board of directors for a completely separate company of Bahamian
registry that is jointly owned by a US company - Exxon - and the Russian government.

Quote from the article:

"Rex Tillerson, the businessman nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US secretary of state, was the long-time director of a US-Russian oil firm
based in the tax haven of the Bahamas, leaked documents show.

Tillerson – the chief executive of ExxonMobil – became a director of the oil company’s Russian subsidiary, Exxon Neftegas, in 1998. His name –
RW Tillerson – appears next to other officers who are based at Houston, Texas; Moscow; and Sakhalin, in Russia’s far east."

It may be the way that business is conducted by oil companies, but there's no way this guy should be secretary of state after being on the board of a
jointly owned US-Russian oil company.

Period.

There are many other good, well qualified candidates for the position of Secretary of State. Pick one of them and let's get on with running the
country ffs...

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